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Rod Stewart turned 78 today and fans around the world flocked to send the rocker a special birthday message.

The Rolling Stones are reportedly set to release their first new album of music in 18 years next summer. The news follows the death of longtime band drummer Charlie Watts in 2021.The legendary rock band spent this summer performing at numerous venues across Europe in honor of their 60th anniversary as a group. "I’m told Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood teamed up in New York over the past fortnight for recording sessions, alongside a raft of world-class session musicians to complete the initial recordings for their first output of original material in 18 years," a source close to the band told The Sun on Monday.

The Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones has been given his own documentary – you can watch the trailer for it below.Titled Darryl Jones: In The Blood, the new film will explore the life and career of the musician, as well examining matters such as race, politics and growing up on the south side of Chicago.Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood all feature in the documentary, as does the late Charlie Watts in one of his last filmed interviews.“In a band you have to get on with everyone, really,” Watts says in the film. “And Darryl is one of those people who – he’s very easy to work with and very pleasant to be around.”“He’s one of the best bass players in the world,” adds Keith Richards.

Franz Ferdinand‘s Alex Kapranos has shared details of a new six-part radio series.In August, Kapranos will join Absolute Radio to host a new series that will run every Sunday night at 10pm from August 7. The show will also see the singer being joined by special guests including Johnny Marr.A statement about the show said: “Alex will be bringing his encyclopedic knowledge of and eclectic taste in music to his own show, as well as anecdotes from over 20 years at the top of the UK indie music scene and insight from across the music world.“Alongside this you can expect the musician to be joined by a range of guests including Johnny Marr, The Cribs and Los Bitchos.”Speaking about the new show, Kapranos said: “I’m happy to say that Absolute Radio have invited me in to take over on Sunday nights, play songs I love, and have a bit of a chat with musicians I like.

Rolling Stones' BST Hyde Park in London on Sunday as generations of the band's children attended the show. Ronnie Wood's wife Sally, 44, appeared in good spirits at the gig where she brought along their twin daughters Gracie and Alice, six.  Two of Mick Jagger's children also turned out for the event as both Georgia May, 30, and Lucas, 23, were seen among the revellers.

READ MORE: BST Hyde Park Rolling Stones Sunday July 3: Stage times, maps, infoJagger continued: "There's a lot of camp background to theatre and rock and roll is still part theatre in a way. I had a great make-up artist called Pierre who would dress me up, like, wildly and I'd have to take some of the layers off! And, you know, I loved it.

The Rolling Stones and Watts’ family, has been announced.Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Watts is due to be released on September 15 in the UK and October 11 in the US, according to Rolling Stone. The book features forewords from both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, plus a prelude from the band’s former manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham.The longtime Rolling Stones drummer died at the age of 80 last August prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.His surviving bandmates reflected on the “huge loss” in September last year before later dedicating their first show of 2021 to Watts.The new biography has been written by author-broadcaster Paul Sexton and includes new interviews with Jagger, Richards, and Ronnie Wood, as well as friends, family and collaborators.“Our dear friend Charlie Watts was not just a fantastic drummer but a wonderful person,” the Rolling Stones said in a statement.

(BBC2. 9. 30pm)Once upon a time, rock was seen as a young person’s game, but not anymore.

Rolling Stones perform live at Hyde Park's British Summer Time event on Saturday (25 June). Though they weren't just fans at a show, they were there to watch their grandad. .

Mick Jagger made a glorious return to the stage with The Rolling Stones at British Summer Time (BST) festival in Hyde Park on Saturday. The 78-year-old musician brought the house down as the rock band – which features guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood – marked 60 years since their first ever show at the Marquee Club in London. Sir Mick donned a vibrant flowery green jacket, while guitarist Ronnie rocked a blue suede jacket and a purple shirt.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEpix has announced an upcoming four-part docuseries titled “My Life as a Rolling Stone.” Tied to the band’s 60th anniversary, each episode will focus one of the band’s four core members (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and the late Charlie Watts). The series premieres on August 7.“My Life as a Rolling Stone” is directed by Oliver Murray (who helmed “The Quiet One” the recent documentary on longtime Stones bassist Bill Wyman) and Clare Tavernor (“Keith Richards: A Culture Show Special”), and executive produced by Steve Condie, senior VP of content at Mercury Studios.

Epix has picked up BBC doc My Life As A Rolling Stone – four-part series that looks at the veteran rock band.

Sir Paul McCartney celebrates his 80th birthday today, and a whole host of celebs have taken to social media to send the Beatles legend some birthday wishes. Sir Paul was born in Walton on June 18, 1942, and, alongside bandmates John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, helped to revolutionise the music world, touring the globe and breaking records with a whole host of chart-topping hits. The Liverpool icon has also encountered huge success in his glittering solo after releasing his first solo album “McCartney”, in 1970.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Darryl Jones: In the Blood, Eric Hamburg’s feature documentary about the bass player who has rocked with the Rolling Stones since replacing the retired Bill Wyman as well as playing with the likes of Miles Davis, Sting, Madonna and more. The distributor will release the pic in theaters October 7.

Ronnie Wood shared an adorable picture with his six-year-old twin daughters as he celebrated turning 75 on Wednesday.MORE: Mick Jagger's poignant tribute to Charlie Watts sparks huge reactionThe Rolling Stones rocker posted the photo on his Instagram page to commemorate his big day. In a candid photo, the trio melted hearts with their endearing grins.

The support acts for one of the most anticipated gigs of the year have been announced: the Rolling Stones anniversary concerts. This summer marks a full 60 years since the foundation of the iconic rock band, and the Stones are celebrating with two massive gigs in London’s Hyde Park. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will return to the Great Oak Stage for British Summer Time in Hyde Park this summer for not one, but two dates.

The Rolling Stones have confirmed that Sam Fender, Phoebe Bridgers, The War On Drugs and Courtney Barnett will support the band at their BST Hyde Park shows.The band will be performing two concerts in London in the summer as part of their 60th anniversary tour.The Stones have announced The War On Drugs and Bridgers will support them on June 25, while Fender and Barnett will appear on July 3.Following on from their acclaimed USA ‘No Filter’ tour, their latest jaunt will see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood make their long-awaited return to the UK, also performing at the home of Liverpool FC – Anfield, for the Stones’ first in Liverpool show for over 50 years.Echo And The Bunnymen will provide support for that concert. The band will be joined by drummer Steve Jordan at all shows, following the sad death of Charlie Watts last year.“Two dreams in one – there’s nothing like The Rolling Stones, and there’s nowhere like Anfield,” Ian McCulloch from Echo And The Bunnymen recently said in a statement.“I can’t explain how unbelievably happy and proud I am that my band Echo And The Bunnymen are going to be opening up for The Rolling Stones, THE Greatest Rock & Roll band in the history of time, at Anfield, the Shrine of Life and football…“The Rolling Stones!!! And at Anfield!!! I feel honoured and blessed… Thank you God.”The Stones have a colourful history of performing at London’s Hyde Park.

Rod Stewart claims his big nose was the reason he bedded so many women across his career.

Naman Ramachandran The BBC is celebrating 60 years of The Rolling Stones with “My Life as a Rolling Stone,” a four-part series of films, each an hour long, focusing separately on Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts. The films will premiere on BBC Two and iPlayer this summer and will include unseen footage and exclusive stories from Jagger, Richards and Wood interwoven with new and archive interviews and performance. The story of Watts, who died in 2021, will be told via tributes from his fellow band members and his musical peers and admirers along with archive interviews.

The Rolling Stones is to be celebrated with a special BBC docuseries and a radio programme featuring exclusive interviews with the bandmembers.The four-part series My Life As A Rolling Stone will air on on BBC Two and iPlayer this summer, with each one-hour episode dedicated to the legendary rock band’s four members: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts.New interviews with the musicians (except for the late Watts, who died last year) and unseen footage will form “intimate portraits” in which they’ll reflect on their busy careers.For the Watts-focused episode, his story will be told via archive interviews and tributes from his fellow bandmates and musical peers.Other Rolling Stones admirers including P.P.

The Rolling Stones have announced a new live album that captures two classic ’70s shows, ‘Live At The El Mocambo’.The 23-track record features the legendary band’s two famed secret gigs at the 300-capacity El Mocambo venue in Toronto, Canada in 1977. It arrives in multiple formats on May 13, marking the first-ever release of the concerts.

The Rolling Stones have announced details of a 60th anniversary tour hitting the UK and Europe this summer. See full dates below, and tickets will be available here.Having been teasing fans for the past week, the rock legends will be heading out on the road to mark six decades as a band for the ‘SIXTY’ tour – with a new show and live production starting in Madrid on June 1 before heading to Munich, Liverpool, Amsterdam, Bern, Milan, London, Brussels, Vienna, Lyon, Paris, Gelsenkirchen and Stockholm.Following on from their acclaimed USA ‘No Filter’ tour, ‘SIXTY’ will see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood make their long-awaited return to the UK, performing at the home of Liverpool FC – Anfield, for the Stones’ first in Liverpool show for over 50 years, followed by two shows in London’s Hyde Park for British Summer Time Festival.

The Rolling Stones have shared another teaser as speculation grows around a possible UK and European tour.The legendary band, who last toured in the UK in 2018, prompted whispers of a return to these shores yesterday (March 11) by sharing a video featuring their iconic logo being displayed across various locations – including London, among other EU cities.“Can’t You Hear Me Knocking,” they captioned the clip.Today (March 12), Stones frontman Mick Jagger added more fuel to the fire by uploading visuals depicting an iMessage chat between himself and bandmate Ronnie Wood. “Hey Ronnie it’s all been confirmed!” Jagger wrote in the first text.

The Rolling Stones have teased a new tour in the UK and Europe.In a new video posted to Instagram this morning (March 11), a map of the UK and Europe was dotted with the Stones’ iconic logo, which lit up over several locations – including London.They captioned the post: “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” – see it below.A post shared by The Rolling Stones (@therollingstones)Back in December, The Rolling Stones played an intimate London show in celebration of their late bandmate Charlie Watts. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, as well as former bassist Bill Wyman, were all in attendance at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, along with a number of Watts’ family and friends.Longtime Stones drummer Watts died at the age of 80 last August, prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood would mark their impressive milestone. The band finished up a highly successful North American tour in November after being knocked back by Covid and then the sad death of long-serving drummer Charlie Watts. But now the rock 'n' roll legends are expected to announce they are heading back to Europe, and could headline Hyde Park festival in June as well as a number of other UK dates.

Rod Stewart has admitted that despite looking 'perplexed' in the portrait he received from pal Ronnie Wood, he's over the moon with it.

The Rolling Stones played an intimate London show in celebration of their late bandmate Charlie Watts last night (December 6).The band’s Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, as well as former bassist Bill Wyman, were all in attendance at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, along with a number of Watts’ family and friends.Jools Holland compered the evening and led a house band featuring Dave Green (Watt’s childhood friend and a frequent collaborator in his jazz bands), Ben Waters, and Axel

Halloween – see the best of the bunch below.After it was cancelled last year thanks to COVID, Harry Styles finally brought “Harryween” to New York’s Madison Square Gardens on October 30 for the first of two concerts at the venue.

The Rolling Stones have recalled their final meetings with Charlie Watts in a new interview.The longtime Stones drummer died at the age of 80 last month (August 24), prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.

died this past August, his legacy will live on.The remaining members of the iconic British rock band — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood — revealed to the Los Angeles Times that Watts recorded some new music before he passed.While the coronavirus pandemic delayed the group’s upcoming album, the trio said that Watts had worked on several new songs before his death.“If everything hadn’t gotten closed down, we might’ve finished the damn thing,” Richards, 77, said.

Pete Townshend has moved from his Richmond home of 26 years, leaving behind the home studio but taking with him the console he used for many recordings by The Who.The Richmond Hill residence – once owned by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood – sold the 18th-century, Grade I listed Georgian house for £15 million in August.“Moving house is never fun,” the musician said on Instagram.

Ringo Starr has paid tribute to late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, calling him a “beautiful human being.”Watts died last month (August 24) at the age of 80.

memorialize late drummer Charlie Watts.They will pay tribute to Watts with their new logo design when they return to touring next week, according to the Sun, and the emblem will be used on merchandise and tour visuals.Band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood also agreed to show an archival montage of Watts during their shows.“They don’t want it to be a concert that is a downer because they know fans have paid good money to see them,” a source told the Sun.“But it feels only right

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Faces have recorded 14 new songs together since reforming this summer, drummer Kenney Jones has revealed.The band – Jones, Rod Stewart and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood – announced back in July that they would be reuniting to write new music after over 40 years apart.In a new interview with BANG Showbiz (via Contact Music), Jones gave an update on work on the new material.“We’ve done about 14 songs, it’s a mixture of stuff we never released which is worthy of releasing and there’s some

The Rolling Stones have shared a new video paying tribute to late drummer Charlie Watts – watch it below.Watts, who has appeared on every album in the legendary band’s discography to date, sadly died aged 80 earlier this week, prompting tributes to pour in from across the music world.Upon news of his death, remaining current band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood all shared tributes on social media, with the latter simply writing: “I love you my fellow Gemini ~ I will dearly